Identification of estrogen receptor-containing neurons projecting to the rat supraoptic nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 215-228

  Voisin, D L ^a   Simonian, S X ^a   Herbison, A E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brainstem; estrogen receptor; lamina terminalis; oxytocin; supraoptic nucleus; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030976010     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00551-9     Document Type: Article

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